The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-07-21
For the LEADER.
THE RETURN OF THE REBEL
FLAG

e'ey as
81 passing my trail as 1 gltil the
cended the mountain siler. and
country got bloakor an Tben I
the vegetation less ma sor, Of
knew that I vas in a. w ro,o
place for bear, but santil, feel.
in this way got aE, shot n
ing the pangs of !, unsaddled
bird, and, dismo and. having
y .0se' ''eu ned the bird, ]
''''0 reand fixed myself
el'''e lrs siesta. This
- 0"p'' \, and, disappointed
Vir, decided to camp
'"'A in hopes of getting
:. next day. / rode
epo until dusk, for the
~ awing in, and it was
,n and having found suita-
~, ,g place, / shot u coupls of
for supper and breakfast
sns ong' :, all snug
just tethered my animal;and
~. out to light the fire, when |
v hrtled by tie sound of horse
nying further up strean. was
! much astonished, for | was in
exceedingly wild country, miles
Way from camp, and the last place
n the world to expect to find men
Immediately ran to my animal to
prevent him answering tho sound,
nd poudering over it concluded that
here must be some in dians camping
lear by. l was very anxious to find
,ut Who the owner OF the strange
lorse was, and that. il possible, with
,ut letting him know Of my presence
therefore took my gun and make
IN foot for the spot. Judge my
when having descended O
'ew hundred yards, at seeing over
, dozen horses grazing.
was evidently in the neighbor-
hood of a large party, and soon dis
covered theirwherea5 )uts from n ray
Of light streaming from the bank Close
by. l carefully crept up to the spot
and found the light came from dug
out ia the mountain side. l listen
I'd aud heard voices. and soon dis
.. - "a n'
that the inhabitants, whoever the,
were, were whites and not indians
They were evidently party Of trap
pers; 40 thinking l would make thei
boldly walked up t,
tho door aud knocked
l heard a muttering, as OF whisper
ed consultation, aud then q gruf
voice called out, "W hose there?'
"A white man and a friend re.
Piled, and without more ado the doc
was open by u great hulking fellow
who bado me enter in tones none to,
courteous.
| entered the dusout and gaze,
upon eight Of the most villianou
looking men it has ever been my 10
to see lrecognized two immediate
ly as having been discharged som
months from their employment 70
horse>stealing, and they had also bee
charged with murder. The res
were strangers to me, but L 500
saw that they were all were suite'
to one another They were evident
ly band Of horse thieves and des
peradoes. the curse of tho countr
and danger to every honest maj
| was speedily put through my paceI
where are you going, young maj
and who is with you| demanded b
4 seemed to be the chief
Il am entirely alone. l left Horse
shoe station this morning for bea
hunt and not finding any bears de
termined to camp out for the nigh
and wait till tomorrow md was jus
turning in when l heard your hors
winnyipg, and SO came up to you
camp to see if there were any pals
mine here
This answer was evidently regard
ed as not entirely satisfactory
Where's your horsei demanded th
chief Il left him down the creek,
answered.
The men Immediately propose
going to fetch the animal, but l sa
at once that this would never d.
I was at the same time entirely j
their hands, and could not dc muc
gainst eight, 30, not liking the ide
of their fetching my horse, and q
cutting off my only means of escape
I proposed to fetch it myself. IL
leave my gun here said, and wi